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OCTOBER 11, 2022

As someone who has seen multiple companies go from concept to $1B scale (and IPO), her experience and insight will be invaluable to the founders we work with. Stephanie will continue to be based in San Francisco but will have a national scope for her investments much like the rest of the team at NextView.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

To analyze what’s become of the OG Unicorns, it’s first worth noting that at the time of the 2013 post about 2/3rds of the 39 on the list had already been realized via IPO or $1B+ acquisitions. Most startups that hit this level did so via IPO or acquisition value. IPO value, $2.8B IPO value, $1.5B

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

At the same time, despite some realizations in recent years through M&A, PE acquisitions, and IPOs, the general sense I get from LPs is that the level of distributions don’t quite line up with the unrealized performance. This would suggest that TVPI would be performing well.

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MARCH 3, 2015

Ellie Mirman was the first marketer hired by the CMO of HubSpot, the Boston-based marketing software startup that IPOed in 2014. NextView Ventures: Thinking back to before anyone knew HubSpot or the company was headed towards an IPO, where did you even start to market the company?

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Marketing Sales Cycle Startup CTO Hire 120

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MAY 28, 2020

Beyond Meat’s successful IPO last year proved that plant-based meat companies can thrive in the public markets, leading to massive funding rounds in other alternative animal product companies. alternative seafood), action from large incumbents (pivots or acquisitions), and other types of technology-driven innovations.

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Memphis Distribution Bankruptcy Operations 256

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JUNE 13, 2019

I know some of the investors in Chewy prior to the PetSmart acquisition, but I am not a shareholder nor do I intend to purchase shares in the IPO. Much of the press on the company’s IPO highlights this fact, which is easy to discern from a casual read of the S-1. What Are Chewy’s Prospects for Profitability?

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MARCH 24, 2015

These are private sales of a minority position in these companies, not IPOs or acquisitions. In particular, I feel a few things really strongly: 1. $1 1 billion private financings do not equate $1 billion of company value.

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